What will the second matchday bring? All games this week will will be played on Saturday and Sunday, due to Germany's friendly against Paraguay. Dortmund, Leverkusen and Bayern will be looking for their second win and increasing their goal difference. For Eintracht Braunschweig it will be a fight to hang on for a draw in their first encounter with Dortmund. Hertha BSC Berlin travels to Nuernberg in the hope of winning their first away match and to improve its balance sheet to maintain the lead.
Bayern is in Frankfurt on Saturday and will endeavour to duplicate Berlin's success, while Frankfurt will make an attempt to move out of last place. Leverkusen travels to Stuttgart, which lost its opening match in Mainz last weekend. Schalke travels to Wolfsburg in an attempt to hang on to one of the top positions. Schalke had to settle for a draw last weekend.
Predictions
Three matches will be featured on goltv. On Saturday Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayern Muenchen will be broadcast live at 9:25 am EDT, followed by Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Hannover 96 at 12:25 pm EDT. Sunday features Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Braunschweig at 11:25 am EDT.
Bayern is the favourite in Frankfurt, but don't discount the ability of Frankfurt on its home pitch. Bayern should win by two goals. Gladbach put in a stellar performance in the Allianz Arena last weekend and with the same engagement and courage should trump over Hannover 96. This will be a close match and should result in a draw.
Borussia Dormund should easily collect another three points against Braunschweig. Will Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put in another strong performance as he did in his debut match last week? Dortmund's new acquisition got a hat trick during his debut match.
Schalke 04 travels to Wolfsburg and should pick up the three points. Wolfsburg starts this season near the bottom of the league. The factory team will try to get up on the table, but Schalke is the clear favourite. Bremen hosts Augsburg, which lost last week to a well oiled Dortmund team, while Wolfsburg edged out a narrow win over Braunschweig. A spirited Augsburg team could walk away with three point or at least split the points.
All odds are off in the Freiburg/Mainz game, but a draw is the most likely outcome. Hamburg should easily defeat Hoffenheim based on last week's performance of both club. Both teams earned one point during their opening matches last weekend.
Nuernberg hosts Hertha BSC Berlin on Sunday and it will be interesting to see if Berlin can repeat last week's performance. A slight edge goes to Berlin.
Regardless of eventual results, the venues will be sold out and there will be surprises on this matchday as well. The scramble will be on for the top clubs in the league to solidify their lead.
Matchday 1 results
Saturday August 17, 2013
VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer Leverkusen
VfL Wolfsburg vs Schalke 04
Werder Bremen vs FC Augsburg
SC Freiburg vs FSV Mainz 05
Hamburger SV vs 1899 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Bayern
M'gladbach vs Hannover 96
Sunday 18 August
Nürnberg vs Hertha BSC
Borussia Dortmund vs E. Braunschweig
Place-----Team-----------------------GP---W---D----L---GF/GA ---Pts
1------- Hertha BSC Berlin------------1----1----0-----0-------6:1--------3
2--------Borussia Dortmund-----------1----1----0-----0-------4:0--------3
3--------Bayer Leverkusen-------------1----1----0-----0------3:1--------3
4--------FC Bayern Muenchen--------1----1----0-----0 ------3:1--------3
5--------Hannover 96-------------------1----1----0-----0-------2:0--------3
6--------Mainz 05------------------------1----1----0-----0------3:2---------3
7--------Werder Bremen----------------1----1----0-----0------1:0---------3
8--------FC Schalke 04-----------------1----0----1-----0-------3:3--------1
8--------Hamburg------------------------1----0----1-----0-------3:3--------1
10-------1. FC Nürnberg----------------1----0----1-----0------2:2---------1
10-------1899 Hoffenheim--------------1----0----1-----0------2:2---------1
12-------VFB Stuttgart------------------1----0----0-----1-------2:3--------0
13-------Eintracht Braunschweig------1----0----0-----1-------0:1--------0
14-------Borussia M'gladbach----------1----0----0-----1------1:3---------0
15-------SC Freiburg---------------------1----0----0-----1------1:3---------0
16-------VFL Wolfsburg-----------------1----0----0-----1------0:2---------0
17--------FC Augsburg-------------------1----0----0-----1-------0:4--------0
18--------Eintracht Frankfurt------------1----0----0-----1-------1:6--------0
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